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Employee was using a pocket knife to cut a zip tie. When the knife cut through it slipped and cut the employee's left thumb. He was seen at urgent care and stitches were required to close the cut. Released to full duty.
Employee was holding a loader tooth while another employee was using a sledge hammer to pound in the pin. The hammer glaced off the pin, striking the employee's left hand.
Ruby Hill requests that this injury not be charged as a mine related accident because employee was in non-compliance with drug policy. The employee received a grease injection at the top of his left index finger between the second and third knuckle. He received medical treatment on 9/1/08. He admitted use before and after the incident.
He was tightening a 2" valve and steel pipe into a 2" plastic fitting with a pipe wrench on top of a concrete hopper. A glue joint in the plastic fittings failed. The pushing action carried the pipe wrench forward and into the 1/8" steel of the hopper. The action of the pipe wrench caught the employee's little finger on his left hand.
CLEARING TREES. HUNG-UP TREE SLID DOWN ANOTHER TREE AND STRUCK EE IN THE SHOULDER.
A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIPE FROM THE BALL MILL DISCHARGE. WHEN THE PIPE CAME LOOSE IT STRUCK THE SLEDGEHAMMER HE WAS HOLDING IN FRONT OF HIS FACE, KNOCKING THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER AGAINST HIS SAFETY GLASSES. IT WAS DTERMINED THAT THE IMPACT OF THE HAMMER AGAINST HIS GLASSES CAUSED THE CHEEK LACERATION THAT REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EE WASREMOVING WORN BUCKET TEETH FROM 992 LOADER. A WORN TOOTH WAS HIT WITH A 5 POUND HAMMER. AS A RESULT A DIME SIZE PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF TOOTH AND EMBEDDED IN EE'S RIGHT INNER LEG ABOVE KNEE.
EE WAS WELDING A 14" X 20" CARBON STEEL PATCH FOR THE OUTER WALL OF A CIP TANK. WHILE WORKING OVERHEAD APPROX 4' OFF THE CIP FLOOR ON THE BOTTOM FILLER WELD A SMALL SPECK OF STEEL BECAME LODGE D INTO LEFT EYE. EE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY REALIZE THAT THE EYE HAD BEEN INJURED & FELT THAT IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED WHILE CHIPPING SLAG.
EE STATES HE STRAINED HIS LT. SHOULDER WHILE USING A CHAIN BLOCK TO HOIST EQUIPMENT. WORKED THE REST OF THE WEEK AND SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON1/27/02. DIAGNOSED WITH A MUSCLE STRAIN. FIRST SHIFT MISSED 1/28/02.
CLIMBING INTO ORE CAR TO CUT RUBBER BELTING AND SLIPPED RESULTING IN A CUT ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM FROM AN UTILITY KNIFE. 9 STITCHES. MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EE WAS SUPPORTING A H BEAM ON ONE END WITH OTHEREND IN A VISE. WHEN ANOTHER EE LOOSENED THE VISETHE FREE END OF THE BEAM DROPPED PINCHING THE INJURED EE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE BEAM & WORK BENCH.
EMPLOYEE PULLED A RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE HAMMERING PINS ON A BELT, RESTRICTED DUTY.
WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER EE STATES THAT HIS SHOULDER POPPED OUT THEN BACK IN PLACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A WEAR LINER WHEN THE LINER SLID & PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR THAT THE LINER WAS SETTING ON. STITCHES & FRACTURE ON TIP OF FINGER. RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE BARRING A ROCK FROM BEHIND A ROCKBOLT MAT, MAT STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEEK. LACERATION THATREQUIRED STITCHES.